Tie holder



C. C. BAKER June 24, 1952 TIE HOLDER Filed Sept. 17, 1949 INVENTOR. CRAIG C. BAKER ATTORNEY Patented June 24, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TIE HOLDER Craig 0. Baker, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application September 17, 1949, Serial No. 116,320

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to tie holders of the type designed to hold the loose ends of a tied cravat down in place against the shirt of the wearer, and, in particular, relates to tie holders for use with broad ties or cravats.

An object of this invention is to provide a, novel and improved tie holder as a substitute for the ordinary tie clasp which may be used for ties of any width.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and practical tie holder which is not required to extend across the tie for the entire width of the tie, and which is not required even to extend over one edge of the tie but which may be centrally positioned on the tie, and in such position will hold the tie firmly as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel tie holder which can be made in any desired shape, size and design and which will hold the ends of the tie firmly against; the shirt in a novel manner without any means of support visible from the front face of the holder.

The novel and practical features of my im-. proved tie holder, its construction, and the manner in which it is used, will bereadily understood from the following brief description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a face view or front elevation of my improved tie holder showing the tie holder in place on a broad tie or cravat and serving to hold the tie in position against the shirt of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a section through the holder, shirt and tie taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; but drawn to a slightly larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective, of the two composite members or parts of my tie holder, showing them separated for the sake of clarity, and with the tie of Fig. 1 omitted; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner or rear composite member of my holder, this member being shown by itself, and the view being taken from the rear of the holder.

My tie holder as illustrated consists of two entirely separate parts or composite members which are indicated in general in Fig. 3 by the reference characters Hi and II. The composite member In is designed to be secured to the front pleat l2 of the shirt. The other composite member II is placed on the outside face of the tie. A permanent magnet is included in each composite member and these magnets constitute the means by which the two composite members are held together with the tie between them.

The rear composite member Ill will be described first with reference to Figs. 3 and 4. This composite member ID preferably includes a spring clamp, which clasp has the two arms 13 and [4 connected by the usual hinge and spring means as shown and thus capable of being clamped on the front pleat [2 of a shirt 20 at any desired location. A permanent magnet 15 is secured to the front arm [3 of this spring clasp by soldering or by any other suitable means. In the form of my invention illustrated, the permanent magnet 15 is rectangular in shape, although the actual shape could be varied. Adjacent the four corners of the magnet l5 prongs or pointed fingers I6 extend forward from the arm l3 of the clasp and terminate a short distance beyond the front face of the permanent magnet I5. The function of these fingers or prongs l6 will be explained later.

The other composite member ll consists of a permanent magnet I! (Fig. 3) to the front face of which is secured the face portion N3 of the tie holder. The face portion 18 is the only portion of the tie holder which is visible when the holder is in position on the tie. The face portion [8 extends over and beyond the edges of the permanent magnet I1 and thus completely covers the permanent magnet I! from the front. The face portion of the holder may be made in any design or shape, may be formed of gold. silver, or any other material and may be embellished or ornamented in any desired manner. Thus the face portion of the holder may be decorated with the initials of the wearer, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or may carry a special emblem, etc. Preferably, though not necessarily, the permanent magnet ll of the front composite member H is made the same size and shape as the permanent magnet IS on the rear composite member ID. A pair of sharp wire pins or hooks H! extend a short distance from the rear side of the face portion l8 and are spaced from the edges of the magnet IT. The purpose of these pins will be later explained.

The two permanent magnets 15 and I6 may be of any suitable composition capable of providing a strong permanent magnet. A very satisfactory magnet for my purpose, which form of magnet is available on the market, is made from aluminum, nickel, iron and cobalt and familiarly known as Alnico. Magnets of this material are capable of exerting a very strong magnetic pull per unit of surface. While one of the permanent magnets could be omitted in my holder and its place taken by a piece of metal which would be attracted to the single magnet, the use of two small magnets I consider preferable since i with their use the two composite members l0 and l I will have an even stronger attachment for each other.

The manner in which the two composite members I and II cooperate and serve to hold the tie firmly in place will now be described. The rear composite member 19 is first clamped to the front pleat I2'of the shirt 20 at the location in which the wearer desires to place the tie holder. The spring clasp holds this composite member [9 firmly'on the pleat l2 of the shirt, as .illus-.- trated in' Figs; 2 and 3; The two ends of the'tie 2| are placed over the composite member 19 and then the composite member H is set inplace on the front face of the tie so that the.

permanent magnet I! of the composite member II will be in registration with the. permanent-1.

magnet I 5 of the rear composite member. It.

The prongs l6 aid in the placing of 'the magnet I! in registration with the magnet l5, as iShOWllEI in Fig. '2. In setting the outer composite member' H in place on thetie, the wirezpins l9 are inserted intthe-outer flap.- of the tie; These-pins servemerely as a safety measure to preventthe outer compositemember I! being vinadvertently pushed too far down on..the tie into' alocation in which it would no longer-beheld to the-rear compositemember by the magnetic attraction. In this-way the outer composite member iskept from slipping downwardly, on the-tie- As shown-in Fig; 2,. when the outercomposite member H 'is set in place andis in registration withthexrearcomposite member. 19 the. folds ofthe-tieZl are:not only held pressed.v between theitwo permanent magnets l5.and all butthe prongs-*or-pointed fingers 16 of therearcomew positemember l9; by engagingutherear sideof the innerflap of the tie will-,preventlthe .sli'pping-up' or down -.on the rear compositememr berwl 91 At-the same time. the.pins- [9,. as ..previ-, ously-mentioned, prevent slipping of the. outer composite-member 1i :and outerflap of th'e...tie

with'respectto" each .other. 1 Under these -0011..- ditions the' tiewill' be held. very. securely in the desired. position regardless 10f the widthof the tie:

The use of -my improved tie .:.holder.- does .not causeany'injury to the tiep The pins). are .very small so that they do not make any. noticeable holes in the tie itself, andthe holder. keeps the tie in place ina .neat manner. in addition .to furnishing an attractive novelty.

Several modifications-couldof course .be made in the holder which-I have illustrated-iandide-r scribed-without department from-the principlelof my invention. single magnet-couldbeused in. place of .thetwo magnets which I .have shown. and .the .shape of the magnet or magnetscouldbe varied.) The type of clasp .used for holding the rearv composite member 1 9 to'the shirt pleat. could also be varied,

Thus; as mentioned l.before,.. a i

pantfor attaching said part to a shirt "or other garment behindthe tie, a' front'composite part adapted to be placed in front of the tie in substantial registration with said rear composite part, a permanent magnet in each of said composite parts causing said parts to be strongly attractediitowards each other, said magnets being substantially the. same shape and size, sharp pointed-fingersextending forwardly from said clasp s'beyond the front face of the magnet on said rear composite part for engagement with the .rear face ofthe rear flap; of .saidtieto guide the placing ofhsaid "fr'ont'composite part in'posia tion with said magnets in registration and to pre. vent'said rear fi'ap fromsliding over said rear composite part, a fr'ont'facing .portionon .said front composite part extendingover and. beyond the edges of I the front face of thepermanent magnet onsaid front part, and .pinsextending rearwardlyirom said front facing portion and spaced from the magnet on.said .front composite part for "insertion intothe front. tie flap alone behind said front facingportion .onieach side-of said latter mentioned magnet. the. ends .of. said pins bent downwardly so as to prevent the .sliding of said front composite part .relativelywith respect .to said front tie flap, whereby-whensaid compositepartsof saidholder are .in....position with a tie between them, .both flaps of -thetie will .be'iheld'firmly in said! holder .and said 'friont facing .portion will be the. only portion. of the holderwisible.

CRAIG C1 BAKER.

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